What's Going on With Konami, Kojima, and Metal Gear Solid? Here's a Timeline

I really have high hopes that Kojima will not leave Konami this year if not in the coming years. But knowing that his works in Konami from the previous games, I doubt that he would resign from the company. In my opinion, even Konami's getting this financial issues, heck they will still keep Kojima as he is one of the top developers in the gaming industry. Certainly, Konami may not be the one who will take the initiation in making a lay-off out of Kojima but I think, there is this extreme private reason that Hideo himself will be the one to take a first step if ever he will leave the company.

is it just me or that April 27 summary lead featured image REALLY looked like Daryl Dixon from TWD?!

I always liked Splinter Cell better anyways. Metal Gear was to convoluted and tried to copy Splinter Cell gameplay anyway.

The Silent Hill series lost its way long ago. Someone else needs to take over these franchises to breathe new life into them.

Imo, Kojima has always been overrated and I never really liked his games all that much. He may be great in Japan, but for someone like myself that doesn't really like many Japanese games, I'm kinda glad they're doing a little spring cleaning over there. Like the old saying goes... Out with the old, in with the new.

yeah this is very bad for Sony playstation users... especially for those who have been more of a silent hill fanbase more than metal gear. I mean come on, does konami really have to go all out just like that. metal was good in storylines but I found it lacked in some ways after MGS2. I can understand kojima wants it all open world nowadays. Capcom done this same and similar thing with RE2 just as they did after RE4 was released after mikami left that was it survival horror in RE series was dead. about RE2 go back to when they were in the BETA testings and it was called RE1.5 it had such a magnificent mount of effort gone to waste and what was more awesome about RE1.5 is it was ment to be a bigger story and gameplay unlike todays release now RE2 from 1998. all im trying to say is if you make arrangements to do, don't throw it down the crapper because of a silly hunch. they will never know until the put all their effort and knuckle down and make it work. if it does not accumulate to positive standards start again but keep to the original and improvise more and do what you can to make the game work better. and yes my first horror games was RE-RE2 and Silent hill. and my favorite was always Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams on PS2. the gaming industry has screwed Dino crisis, RE, and silent hill. kojima if you do end up changing you mind on working on a silent hill project get your own studio and rub it in konami's ass or stick to your MGS series and quit making promises and screwing it big for everyone else who had high hopes. I will always look forward to Silent hill 9 as long as it returns to the original roots from silent hill 3/2.

you know what? I don't really care. I rather keep fond memories of great games and be able to replay them instead of having the franchise messed up by releasing crap titles.

At least now they can't mess Silent Hill up even more than it has been after SH3. Every other SH title has been crap(IMO). I started a Homecoming game and quit like 2 hours after because it was so much average.

why dont they just tell us that konami no longer gives a sh!t about games they are makeing way more off other parts of the corporation mostly gambling machines

Honestly, I just think this is the first sign of something DESPERATELY needed in modern gaming; the realization that there are TOO MANY AAA developers, and some have to go. And that being poached by a big name studio, isn't going to lead to longstanding fame or recognition anymore. Is there ANY AAA developer that over the past five years, hasn't at some point abused their fanbase? There might be room for three, MAYBE four big name, Ford-Chevy-Toyota-levels of AAA developer. But the rest has to come from smaller studios, who have a desire to make great games, and be KNOWN for making great games, not sequel mills that please shareholders more than gamers.

Couldn't they broken down after Silent Hills was created and given to us? Bunch of sadistic A holes.

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Only for Kojima.

It sounds like such a massive breakdown in relations within Konami. One positive that might come out of it is that if Konami dismiss Kojima, he might get a pass from the nut-job fans that have sent him death threats whenever he's suggested he may be handing over the Metal Gear franchise in the past.

whatever is going on,it's not good for $ony.

I haven't liked a Metal Gear game since MGS2 Sons of Liberty this dude has lost his magic touch of the first Metal Gear game for PS1

@Metallicwolf29: That's what happens when you work for a company. Anything you create belongs to them. That's why instead of Mega Man 11, we're getting Mighty Number 9.

Honestly, this could be a good thing. A game similar to Metal Gear, with a different name, and a fresh start. Kojima could even get Hayter to voice the lead, so we'd basically have Snake back, just with a different name, like Gelatinous Fox. :P

@Metallicwolf29: Correct.

This is all 7tizz fault >:(

I totally missed the head transplant doctor thing, and yeah it's weird :).